Ergalatax martensi is one of the most common and the historic species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] Ergalatax Martensi are commonly found within the deep blue sea and some time it gets floated to sea sand due to sea level changes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Ergalatax |
| Species: | E. martensi
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| Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892)
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Most of Ergalatax Martensi specification are mentioned on World register of Marine Species.
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 24.2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, Yemen; in the Red Sea and off Djibouti.
References edit
- ^ a b Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Houart, R., 1996. On the identity of Morula martensis Dall, 1923 and description of a new species of Ergalatax from the Red Sea (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ergalataxinae). The Nautilus 110(1): 12-16
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